<h2>



February 2002 JUG Meeting:</h2>

&nbsp;



<center>

<table BORDER CELLSPACING="4" CELLPADDING="3" WIDTH="61%">

<tr>

<td VALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="#6699FF">



<center>

<h3>

Triangle Java Users Group Presents:</h3></center>



<p align="center"><font size="5">

   The Long-Lost Secret <br>

   	   to<br>

 	   Developing Good Software

   </font>



<p align="center">presented by



<p align="center"><font size="5">Andrew Hunt</font>



<p align="center">

  Monday, February 18, 2002

  <br>6:30 PM - 9:00 PM



<p align="center">

  LOCATION: MCNC Auditorium

  <br>3021 Cornwallis Road

  <br>Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

<p align="center">919.248.1800

</td>

</tr>



</table></center>

<br>

<hr ALIGN="CENTER">



<blockquote>

<p>

<b>Abstract:</b><br>

    Software projects still run late, over-budget, and under-featured.

    Managers ask their developers to work insane hours anyway, all in the

    face of changing technologies and changing requirements.

 <p>

    Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy

    if both are frozen.  But in today's business climate, everything is

    undergoing constant change; nothing is frozen.  While the new Agile

    methodologies (include eXtreme Programming, or "XP") are a huge step in

    the right direction, they still don't offer a silver bullet.  You can

    fail with an Agile methodology just as easily as you can fail with the

    Rational Unified Process, or with CMM-inspired methodologies.

 <p>

    What, then, is the secret to developing working software on time,

    on budget?

  </p>

  <p>

  <b>About Speaker:</b><br>

    Andy is co-author of the best-selling book <i>The Pragmatic Programmer</i>

    and <i>Programming Ruby</i>, various articles, is a columnist for <i>IEEE

    Software</i> magazine, a founding author of the Agile Alliance, and lectures

    internationally on the topic of software development.

 <p>

    Between writing, traveling, woodworking and playing the piano, Andy

    finds time for his consulting business specializing in Agile software

    development.  Andy has been writing software professionally since

    the early 80's across diverse industries such as telecommunications,

    banking, financial services, utilities, medical imaging, graphic arts,

    and Internet services.

  <p>

  <b>Format:</b><br>

The talk will last about 60 minutes (Q&A will follow)

</p>

</blockquote>





<hr ALIGN="CENTER">



<h3>



AGENDA:</h3>

6:30 pm - Meet, talk, snacks

<br>7:00-7:15 - Announcements, Status of JUG projects

<br>7:15 - 8:15 - Presentation

<br>8:15 - 8:30 -  Discussion with presenter

<br>9:00 - Doors close



<hr ALIGN="CENTER">



<h3>



DIRECTIONS to MCNC:</h3>



<b>From Raleigh:</b>



<br>Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP. Where



I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North (Highway 147). Take



the Cornwallis Road Exit. At the end of the exit ramp, bear right - cross



back over the Freeway. MCNC is located approximately 3/4 mile on the right.



<p><b>From Durham:</b>



<br>Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis



Road exit. At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC is approximately 3/4



mile on right.



<p>Click here for <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/directions.html">map with



directions</a>, or visit the <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/gotomcnc.html">MCNC



web site</a>.



<p>





